Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Counterfeit money" in English language version.
The Prussian invasion of Saxony in 1756 pushed Augustus III into the arms of Austria and Russia. [...] The Commonwealth remained neutral throughout the conflict, but supposedly friendly Russian units did not always pay for their forage. Frederick II regarded Poland as an unlocked storehouse. Having captured the Saxon mint at the start of the war, he struck vast quantities of counterfeit Polish coins which soon drove good money from circulation and caused rampant inflation. Prussian military purchasers could thus easily afford to raise their prices for forage and other supplies to initially grateful Polish landowners. The profits of this mass fraud contributed mightily to the survival of the Prussian state.
The Irish had a particular reputation for producing and uttering false coins, with King attributing twenty-eight per cent of London's coining and uttering prosecutions to the Irish between 1791 and 1805 and Colquhoun highlighting the Irish as a problem group.
The Irish had a particular reputation for producing and uttering false coins, with King attributing twenty-eight per cent of London's coining and uttering prosecutions to the Irish between 1791 and 1805 and Colquhoun highlighting the Irish as a problem group.
